Nikša Andretić Ranjina or Nicola Ragnina (1494–1582) was a writer and nobleman from the

Republic of Ragusa hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world" , population_estimate = 90 000 in the XVI Century , currency = ...

(modern-day

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...

), most famous as the compiler of Ranjina's Miscellany. Ranjina is the most famous for his manuscript collection of Croatian Petrarchian poems known as

Nikša Ranjina's Miscellany ''Nikša Ranjina's Miscellany'', or simply ''Ranjina's Miscellany'', is the oldest lyrical miscellany of Croatian language, Croatian vernacular lyric poetry, one of the most important pieces of Croatian Renaissance literature. Writer of the misce ...

. The manuscript itself was destroyed in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. The manuscript had two pieces and contained about 820 poems, with (recognized) authors such as

Šiško Menčetić Šišmundo Menčetić ( it, Sigismondo Menze), known simply as Šiško Menčetić (; 1457–1527) was a poet from Ragusa, chiefly creating his opus in the 15th century. Biography Menčetić was born in 1458 in the city of Dubrovnik (today's Croati ...

(about 500 poems),

Džore Držić Džore Držić (; Italian: ''Giorgio Darsa'') (February 6, 1461 – September 26, 1501) was a poet and playwright, one of the fathers of Croatian literature. This respectable citizen of Dubrovnik, the uncle of the greatest Croatian playwright Mari ...

(~70 poems),

Mavro Vetranović Mauro Vetrani ( hr, Mavro Vetranović) (1482–1576) was a writer and Benedictine monk from Ragusa. Biography Born in Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), then the Republic of Ragusa, in 1482, he entered the Benedictine Order in 1507 on the island of Mlje ...

, Marin Krističević and Mato Hispani. Beside this well-known miscellany, he also compiled ''Ranjinin Lekcionar'' (started in 1508) (a collection of passages from the

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts ...

), and the Dubrovnik chronicle ''Annali di Ragusa'' (1522). Whether some of the verses in the Miscellany were authored by Ranjina is not known, although it is possible.

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1494 births 1582 deaths Croatian writers Ragusan writers Ragusan nobility {{Croatia-bio-stub

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